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W. J. SCOTT.

COMBINED HAIR BRUSH AND 00MB.

WILL/AMJ.3001-7-7 @Harney N, PETERS. Fhuln-Lhogrzphcr, Washngmn, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

lYlIiLIAM J. SCOTT, OF ALBANY, NEXV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO JACOB C. E. SCOTT,HELEB,T M. SCOTT, AND MARTI'IAh J. SCOTT, ALL OF `SAME PLA CE.

COMBINED HAIR-BRUSH AND COME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,614, dated February12, 1889.

Application filed July 13, 1887. Serial No. 244,145. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern: l

Be it known that I, VILLIAM J. SCOTT, of the city and county ofAlbany,-and State cf New York, have invented a new and useful CombinedHair-Brush and Comb, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in combined hair-brushes and combs;and the object of myinvention is to provide a combined hair-brush andcomb wherein the points of the teeth of the latter will be norm allyheld by springs by which it is connected to the brush to project beyondthe outer ends of the tufts of bristles, so that lthe brush and combwill always perform their several' VInnetions coujunetively. This objectI attain by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which are herein referred to and form part of this specification, and inwhich,-

^ Figure l is a perspective view of the preferred form ot' my invention,in which the comb is attached to the brush by means of springs; Fig. i?,a longitudinal section of the same, and Fig. El an enlarged and detachedpl an view ol' the comb and its attached springs.

As represented in the drawings, A is the hair-brush, which maybe made ofany preferred form, size, and material; B, the comb, which is placedtransversely across the brush A in the bristles of the latter, andpreferablyT a little nearer the handle a than the opposite end of thebrush, so that the bristles between the comb and handle will prepare thehair for the reception ol' the comb, and the balance of the brush willcomplete the straightening and smoothing of the hair. As shown in Figs.1, 2, and ftsaid combis attached to the springs C, which are made otlspring-wire or other suitable material and secured to the plate D. Saidplate is secured to the back-piece c of the brush in snch manner thatthe points of the comb-teet-h will normally proj ect beyond the ends ofthe bristles of the brush, and so that the comb l can have free movementtoward the back-piece c. Stops c are Xed on the springs C to engage inthe perforated plate E, inserted in the baclepiece c', for the purposeof preventing the displacement of the comb B by a movement of the brushA in the wrong direction.

The brush is drawn over the hair by means of the handle d, and theprojecting teeth of the comb B will straighten the entangled hair, whichwill be smoothed down by the bristles of the brush, which follow afterthe comb. The springs C will yield to a suiicient degree to permit thebristles of the brush A beyond the outer ends of the tufts of bristlesand in such manner that the operations of combing and brushing can onlybe effected conjunctivelv, as and for the purpose herein specied.

YWILLIAM J. SCOTT. lVi tn esses:

WM. ll. Low,

BREWER.

